Stories from Wednesday, April 29, 2020

UPDATE 9 A.M. The missing child was found near the family’s residence shortly before 9 a.m. Emergency medical services personnel are on scene evaluating the child, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. No additional information was available as of 9 a.m. regarding the child's condition...

A 5-year-old Piggott, Ark., girl was seriously injured when she was struck by a vehicle at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, on County Road 237, three miles east of Campbell. According to the report, Shaun A. Rankin, 41, of Piggott was operating a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu, which moved from a stationary position and struck the girl...

BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT Alvin Eugene Burns, 48, of Fisk was booked at the Butler County jail Tuesday, April 28, on suspicion of no valid license. He later was released. _ Felicia Dawn Cochran, 44, of the 1900 block of Highway AA was booked at the Butler County jail Tuesday, April 28, on suspicion of fourth-degree domestic assault...

City firefighters responded at 1:37 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, to a report of a carbon monoxide detector sounding at the 2608 Barron Road residence occupied by Brook Woodard. According to the report, firefighters checked the residence using a gas meter, and nothing was found...

SIKESTON — The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control is investigating an officer-involved shooting, which occurred early Wednesday morning in Sikeston and left one dead. At 1:46 a.m., the Sikeston Department of Public Safety responded to 233 Dorothy St. after a call regarding a person being shot, patrol Sgt. Clark Parrott said in a news release...

Three Rivers College is launching “Explore TRC, Virtually,” a series of online information sessions hosted by TRC faculty and staff. The sessions will cover available educational programs for career advancement, college transfer, and skilled labor training.

The University of Missouri Extension Office will offer a home gardening webinar series starting next month. Sessions will take place through Zoom at no cost for those in attendance. This is a webinar series that provides research-based horticulture information for gardeners and homeowners. Participants will learn techniques through online one hour classes followed by 30 minutes of questions and answers for maintaining healthy vegetable plantings...

Since March 23, the team of Poplar Bluff R-1 School District, the Boys & Girls Club of Poplar Bluff and Chartwells have served more than 200,000 meals and counting. As of Monday, the total was 200,951 meals, said Chris Rushin, CEO of the Boys & Girls Club...

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri State Parks, a division of the Department of Natural Resources, today announced phase one of a phased approach to resuming normal operations. While the vast majority of Missouri state parks and historic sites have remained open for day use, Missouri State Parks has implemented a number of measures designed to maintain required social distancing and protect visitors and team members...

Just past the mid-way point in Missouri’s spring turkey season, hunters have maintained a slight advantage in harvest numbers over this point last year. Statewide, the harvest as of Wednesday morning was 24,167 birds. Last year, the total was 23,079...

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Tyler Goodale of Poplar Bluff for catching a new state-record spotted sucker. The 5-pound, 4-ounce fish not only breaks the previous state-record, a 3-pound, 10-ounce fish caught in 2014 also by Goodale, but also qualifies for the world record...

In the days leading up to the expiration of Missouri’s stay-at-home order on Sunday, counties with similar orders also are making preparations. On Tuesday, Reynolds County rescinded its stay-at-home and limited entry for non-residents orders, which were to be in effect until May 11. A travel advisory for Reynolds County residents will go into effect on Monday...

As the end of the school year approaches, questions about summer school and meal programs are coming up.

ADVANCE — Stoddard County authorities were on the scene Wednesday night at an Advance house, where an armed man was barricaded inside. The incident reportedly began sometime between about 6 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. on North Ruth Street. “We’ve got a guy barricaded inside a house,” said Stoddard County Sheriff Carl Hefner. “He’s got a handgun in the house.”...